Confederate flag on 4th of July.

[jackfaire]

Of course, we forgot the other requirements for the vehicle. That is, it has to have dents and/or rust on every panel. Also, duct tape (aka "West Virginia Chrome") has to be in abundance as well

*looks around paranoid* stop lookin at my car

[blas87]

Mullet hairstyle with dirty undershirts help as well.

[Gravekeeper]

My parents typically do an annual roadtrip through the states. They won't even stop for gas anywhere they see a Confederate flag anymore. Because people find out they're Canadians, and thus from a Socialist commie liberal country. Then they have to slowly back away and get back into the motorhome while people try to argue with them.

This year it was so bad they've sworn off returning at all next year. =/

Its basically gotten worse every year since Obama became president.

[protege]

*looks around paranoid* stop lookin at my car

Hehe some of the heaps my parents owned were truly legendary. The '88 Taurus, was a prime example. It was rusty, since most of the silver paint had oxidized off. At the time, Ford (and Chrysler) switched paint formulas, and the new stuff didn't weather very well. So there were rust spots and streaks all over it. As if that wasn't enough, the floor had holes in it...and so did the gas tank. In fact, the entire top of the tank was rusted out Throw in the broken rear springs (which would cause the car to 'hop' over bumps), the inoperative digital gauges, door locks that occasionally wouldn't open, the exhaust system held together with tape and coat hangers...and I wonder how that heap managed to move under its own power. It's been gone many years now, but is probably rotting in a field somewhere

[lordlundar]

This is actually reminding me of one of the people on Canada's Worst Driver. His "car" (and I use the term extremely loosely here) was in such bad shape, there's no way it would be street legal. I can say, without a word of embellishment, that the only thing holding it together was strategic use of duck tape (yes, that's the original name for it, fun bit of trivia there) and faint hope. If it wasn't for the tape, I would swear you could give it a swift kick and it would collapse.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I dated a guy in college who had four brothers and they all shared a car that had one working door, and that door was outfitted with a coathanger on the inside so the driver could hold it shut when the car was making a right turn.

I seem to remember some primer on that one as well.

No deer skins, though, which was the saving grace.

[jackfaire]

First my dad and then me drove the BUOT (Big Ugly Orange Truck) it looked like a POS but best truck we ever had. What amused me is that my dad traded in his newer truck for it. He wanted something that made the statement that he didn't care what people thought.